List of symphonies in C major explained

This is a list of symphonies in C major written by notable composers.

Composer	Symphony
Carl Friedrich Abel	Symphony/Overture in C major, Op. 1 No. 2, D27/E2 (1759?)^[1] Symphony/Overture in C major, Op. 4 No. 4, D35/E10 (1762)^[2] Symphony in C major, Op. 7 No. 5, E17 (1767)^[3] Symphony in C major, Op. 10 No. 4, E22 (1773)^[4] Symphony/Overture in C major, Op. 14 No. 1, E25^[5] Sinfonia in C major, Op. 17 No. 4, E34 (1783)^[6] Symphony in C major, Six Prussian Symphonies No. 1, E41
Kurt Atterberg	, Op. 31 (1927-28)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach	Symphony in C major, BR-JCFB C10 / Wf I: 6 (1770) Symphony in C major, BR-JCFB C 27 / Wf I/17 (1792, lost)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	Symphony in C major Wq 174 \ H 649 (1755)^[7] Symphony in C major Wq 182:3 \ H 659 (1773)^[8]
Mily Balakirev	Symphony No. 1 (1864-97)^[9]
Woldemar Bargiel	Symphony, Op. 30 (1864)^[10]
Arnold Bax	Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major (1924-6)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 (1795–1800)
Victor Bendix	, Op. 16 (1882)
Franz Berwald	Symphony No. 3 "Singulière" (1845)
Georges Bizet	Symphony in C major (1855) Roma Symphony (1866-75)
Luigi Boccherini	Symphony in C major, G. 495, Op. 21 No. 3 (1775) Symphony in C major, G. 505, Op. 12 No. 3 (1771) Symphony in C major, G. 515, Op. 37 No. 1 (1786) Symphony in C major, G. 523 (1798)^[11]
William Boyce	Symphony in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 (1749)
Joly Braga Santos	Symphony No. 3 in C major (1949)
Havergal Brian	(1932-33) (1948) (1959) Symphony No. 23 (1965)
John Alden Carpenter	Symphony No. 1 in C major (1916-17)^[12]
Alfredo Casella	Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (1939-40)
George Whitefield Chadwick	Symphony No. 1 (1881)^[13]
Felix Draeseke	Symphony in C major (1856, lost) , Op. 40 (1885-86)
Paul Dukas	Symphony in C (1896)
Georges Enescu	Symphony No. 3, Op. 21 (1916-18)
Robert Fuchs	Symphony No. 1, Op. 37 (1884)
Florian Leopold Gassmann	Symphonies Hill 21, 23, 43, 86. Also, a symphony in C major that might be by Aumon^[14] instead.^[15]
Anatoly Luppov	Symphony No.1 in C major (1964)^[16]
William Gilchrist	Symphony No. 1 (1891)^[17]
Asger Hamerik	, Op. 35 (1884–89)^[18]
Joseph Haydn	Symphony No. 2 (1764) Symphony No. 7, Le Midi (1761) Symphony No. 9 (1762) Symphony No. 20 (1766) Symphony No. 25 (1766) Symphony No. 30, Alleluia (1765) Symphony No. 32 (1766) Symphony No. 33 (1767) Symphony No. 37 (1758) Symphony No. 38, Echo (1769) Symphony No. 41 (1770) Symphony No. 48, Maria Theresa (1769) Symphony No. 50 (1773) Symphony No. 56 (1774) Symphony No. 60, Il distratto (1774) Symphony No. 63, La Roxelane (1781) Symphony No. 69, Laudon (1779) Symphony No. 82, The Bear (1786) Symphony No. 90 (1788) Symphony No. 97 (1792)
Michael Haydn	Symphony No. 1, MH 23, Perger 35 (1758-59) Symphony No. 2, MH 37, Perger 2 (1761) Symphony No. 18, MH 188, Perger 10 (1773) Symphony No. 20, MH 252, Perger 12 (1777) Symphony No. 28, Op. 1 No. 2, MH 384, Perger 19, (1784) Symphony No. 39, MH 478, Perger 31 (1788)
Aram Khachaturian	Symphony No. 3 "Symphony-Poem" (1947)
Joseph Martin Kraus	Symphony with Violino Obligato, VB 138 Symphony, VB 139 Symphony, "Singmarinen 4" (lost), VB Anhang 10
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad	Symphony No. 1, Op. 19 (1831)
Borys Lyatoshynsky	Symphony No. 5 "Slavonic", Op. 67 (1965-6)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Symphony No. 9, K. 73 (1769-70) Symphony in C major, K. 96 (1771, doubtful) Symphony No. 16, K. 128 (1772) Symphony No. 22, K. 162 (1773) Symphony No. 28, K. 200 (1774) Symphony in C major K. 208+102 (1775) Symphony No. 34, K. 338 (1780) Symphony No. 36, K. 425 "Linz" (1783) Symphony No. 41, K. 551 "Jupiter" (1788)
Nikolai Myaskovsky	, Op. 37 (1933) , Op. 42 (1937) , Op. 79 (1948)
Ludolf Nielsen	Symphony No. 3, Op. 22 (1911-13)^[19]
Hans Pfitzner	, Op. 46 (1940)
Gavriil Popov	Chamber Symphony, Op. 2 (1927, previously known as Septet)
Sergei Prokofiev	Symphony No. 4 (original version), Op. 47 (1930) Symphony No. 4 (revised version), Op. 112 (1947)
Joachim Raff	Symphony No. 2, Op. 140 (1866)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	, Op. 32, 1866-73 (1st version), 1886 (2nd version)
Jean Rivier	Symphony No. 2 for Strings (1937)
Guy Ropartz	Symphony No. 4 (Ropartz)	Symphony No. 4 in C major (1914)
Anton Rubinstein	, Op. 42 (Three versions: 1852, 1863 and 1880)^[20]
Franz Schmidt	Symphony No. 4 (1932-33)
Franz Schubert	Symphony No. 6, D. 589 (1817-18) Symphony No. 9, D. 944 "The Great" (1828)
Robert Schumann	Symphony No. 2, Op. 61 (1845-46)
Vissarion Shebalin	Symphony No. 5, Op. 56 (1962)
Dmitri Shostakovich	Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 "Leningrad" (1941-42)
Jean Sibelius	Symphony No. 3, Op. 52 (1904-7) Symphony No. 7, Op. 105 (1924)
Igor Stravinsky	Symphony in C (1940)
Louis Spohr	Symphony No. 7 "The Earthly and Divine in Human Life", Op. 121 (1841)
Richard Wagner	Symphony in C major (1832)
Carl Maria von Weber	Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 19, J. 50 (1806-7) , J. 51 (1807)
Mieczysław Weinberg	, Op. 81 (1964)

References

• Book: Goetschius . Percy . Masters of the Symphony . 1929. Oliver Ditson Company . Boston . 855537 .
• Hill, George R.; Bryan, Paul R. (1981): "Thematic Index" in The Symphony 1720 - 1840 Series B - Volume X, ed. Barry S. Brooks. New York & London: Garland Publishing. .

Notes and References

1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C_major%2C_WK_2_(Abel%2C_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
2. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.4_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
3. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.7_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
4. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C_major%2C_WK_22_(Abel%2C_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
5. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Overtures,_Op.14_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
6. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.17_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
7. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C_major%2C_H.649_(Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
8. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C_major%2C_H.659_(Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
9. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_in_C_major_(Balakirev%2C_Mily) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
10. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony,_Op.30_(Bargiel,_Woldemar) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
11. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C_major%2C_G.523_(Boccherini%2C_Luigi) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
12. Goetschius (1929), p. 376
13. Goetschius (1929), p. 362
14. Aumon -- Léopold Aimon??
15. Hill (1981), pp. xxvii - xxxv
16. https://www.historiadelasinfonia.es/naciones/la-sinfonia-en-rusia/otros-compositores-2a-parte/luppov/
17. Goetschius (1929), p. 361
18. https://books.google.com/books?id=3fIqAAAAYAAJ&dq=symphony+Majestueuse+Hamerik&pg=RA2-PA108 1889 Musical Yearbook
19. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3%2C_Op.32_(Nielsen%2C_Ludolf) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
20. Web site: Program notes by Carol Reynolds.